NASA Mars Odyssey THEMIS Image: Windstreak on Lava Flow

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Today’s image of the flows west of Arsia Mons also

contains a large windstreak. Note the the surface

texture in the “white” part of the windstreak is more

subdued than the rest of the flow. This is because the

wind has deposited fine materials in this area. The wind

can both erode the surface and cover it with deposits.

[Source: ASU THEMIS Science Team]

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages the 2001 Mars Odyssey mission for NASA’s Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C. The Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) was developed by Arizona State University, Tempe, in collaboration with Raytheon Santa Barbara Remote Sensing. The THEMIS investigation is led by Dr. Philip Christensen at Arizona State University. Lockheed Martin Astronautics, Denver, is the prime contractor for the Odyssey project, and developed and built the orbiter. Mission operations are conducted jointly from Lockheed Martin and from JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University